Rodef Shalom Rabbi Aaron Bisno, right, delivers his sermon during an Erev Shabbot service that is being streamed live on Facebook, Friday, March 20, 2020. All events have been suspended at the synagogue until April 16, to help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
March 21, 2020
Stories this photo appears in:
March 21, 2020 8:33 p.m.
Pennsylvania reports COVID-19 death; Wolf defends shutdown
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's coronavirus death toll rose by one on Saturday as lawyers for Gov. Tom Wolf asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging his authority to shutter “non-life-sustaining” businesses, declaring that unprecedented action is needed to combat a global pandemic they called “perhaps the biggest catastrophe of our lifetimes.”